After a slow beginning to his career, Tate came on down the stretch last season with 19 receptions in the final five games. Sando says the Seahawks have “high expectations” for Tate entering his third NFL season. Obviously, he can’t fulfill them when he’s injured.

Tate figures to be healthy by the start of training camp, assuming his recovery goes smoothly. He’s the tentative favorite to open the season as Seattle’s No. 2 wideout, opposite Sidney Rice.

This kid was a beast at Notre Dame, but was pretty raw when it came to running the route tree. I hope Seattle sticks with him because once he gets the finer points of his game down he could become a Steve Smith type player with his speed, YAC skills and ability to get the ball at it’s highest point over larger defenders. Seattle seems pretty deep, although questionable (Rice’s health, Butler’s health, Williams’ hands), at WR so Tate will probably face an uphill battle.

snoqualmieterry says:May 30, 2012 11:47 PM

Our free agent ex husky should make the team. Tate has been an under achiever.

That’s ridiculous! No way he’s considered the number 2. Obomanu, BMW, and Baldwin are all ahead of Tate and he’ll most likely get beat out by a healthy Butler. He’ll be battling Lockette, Durham, and the rooks Kearse and Tuinei for a spot on the roster.

joetoronto says:May 31, 2012 5:24 AM

Nice 2nd round bust, Pete.

trollhammer20 says:May 31, 2012 9:47 AM

OK, who put the bear trap around the Top Pot Maple Bar?

Tate has only seen limited action thus far, but he has made a couple of spectacular plays, like his TD catch against Philly (youtube search it to see one of the best catches of last year). This is really his “make or break” year; hopefully, the “break” part is out of the way now.

A lot of people made comments about Seattle not drafting a WR even though it was an “area of need”. The team actually has a lot of bodies at WR – Rice, Williams, Baldwin, Tate, Obomanu, Durham, Lockette, and Deon Butler.

There will be a lot of competition for WR spots this year. I think Rice and Baldwin are the only two guys who are guaranteed spots on the roster. Williams is coming off a pretty significant injury, and as of right now can only run in a straight line; he will be pressed by Kris Durham. This leaves Tate, Obo, Butler, Lockette, and a couple of rookies battling for 2-3 roster spots.

Some of you clowns need to keep your comments to yourself. The donut incident is old and many of you have no idea of what you’re talking about. Have to laugh because I’m sure the only thing many of you have ever played is with yourselves.